Project description:To explore the difference between ectopic and normal endometrium and find out the characteristics and critical changes in ectopic endometrium, we analyzed transcripts of stromal cells from two groups of patients. The ectopic endometrium and normal endometrium had similar tissue structures and compositions, unlike normal ovaries. The similarity of gene expression profile between the two groups is as high as 97.2%, only 2.8% is significantly different. The differentially expressed genes in the ectopic endometrium are mainly enriched in the adhesion process and the adhesion pathway, which has the adhesion characteristics. Among these differentially expressed genes, CNTN1 is the most variable and participates in multiple pathogenic pathways, which is considered as the core gene to enhance stromal cell adhesion. The up-regulated expression of CNTN1 in all stages of ectopic endometrium is confirmed.
Project description:Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue (eutopic tissue) outside the uterus (ectopic tissue). We assessed differentially expressed microRNAs in ectopic endometrium compared with eutopic endometrium. Comparison of paired eutopic/ectopic endometrium microRNAs from three patients.
Project description:Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue (eutopic tissue) outside the uterus (ectopic tissue). We assessed differentially expressed microRNAs in ectopic endometrium compared with eutopic endometrium.
Project description:In this study, we performed transcriptomic analysis in ectopic lesions and eutopic endometrial tissues from both fertile and subfertile mice with endometriosis. We identified the positive correlation of the gene signatures between the mouse and human in ectopic lesions. Conserved gene networks were activated in all the ectopic lesions including estradiol, immune, fibrosis, and angiogenesis pathways. The interactions mediated through hormone, cytokine, and growth factor as well as their corresponding receptors were predicted between the ectopic and eutopic endometrium. EGF and WNT signaling were more suppressed in the eutopic endometrium from subfertile mice. Our results revealed that our mouse endometriosis model recapitulates the important transcriptomic changes of endometriosis progression in human ectopic lesions including the essential regulator network and intensive inter-communications between ectopic and eutopic endometrium. Our preclinical animal model for endometriosis will be invaluable to understand etiology and pathophysiology on endometriosis.
Project description:The pathophysiology of endometriotic lesion development remains unclear but involves a complex interaction between ectopic endometrium and host peritoneal tissues. We hypothesised that disruption of this interaction was likely to suppress endometriotic lesion formation. We hoped to delineate the molecular and cellular dialogue between ectopic human endometrium and peritoneal tissues in nude mice, as a first step towards testing this hypothesis. Human endometrium was xenografted into nude mice and the resulting lesions were analysed using microarrays. A novel technique was developed that unambiguously determined whether RNA transcripts identified by the microarray analyses originated from human cells (endometrium) or mouse cells (stroma). Four key pathways (ubiquitin/proteosome, inflammation, tissue remodelling/repair and ras-mediated oncogenesis) were revealed, that demonstrated communication between host stromal cells and ectopic endometrium. Keywords: Disease state analysis
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series:; GSE11691: Euctopic and ectopic human endometrium (endometriosis); GSE11768: Nude mouse model of endometriosis Experiment Overall Design: Refer to individual Series
Project description:AmpliSeq IonTorrent sequencing of mRNA derived from ectopic lesions and matched eutopic endometrium. There were 4 matched pairs overall; all donors were in mid-secretory phase. [SUBMITTER_CITATION]: A. V. Predeus, E. S. Vashukova, A. S. Glotov, M. M. Danilova, N. S. Osinovskaya, O. V. Malysheva, N. Yu. Shved, N. Ganbarli, M. I. Yarmolinskaya, T. E. Ivashchenko, V. S. Baranov - Next-Generation Sequencing of Matched Ectopic and Eutopic Endometrium Identifies Novel Endometriosis-Related Genes.
Project description:Endometriosis is a complex pathological condition in which multiple components are involved in the disease development and clinical outcome. Endometriosis is mainly an inflammatory codition estrogen-dependent, with unknown pathogenesis, that is characterized by dissemination of edometrium tissue in ectopic position (ovary or pelvic peritoneum). Two main theories rise the pathologic onset: the presence of retrograde menstruation and celomic metaplasia in the pelvic peritoneum, that can occur for development defects. Endometriosis is related not only to genetic or immunological changes and to environmental pollution factors, as the endocrine interferents. The disease phenotype results from multiple events (genetics and enviromental), thus it is difficult to find a single gene as causative while is more probable that a gene network/s might involved in the onset and mantainement of the disease state. The peculiarity of endometriosis rely on the tissue speificity manteinance in the ectopic position, where it responds to the hormone stimuli as the tissue in the eutopic position. In order to identify genes potentially involved in growth and mainteinance of the ectopic endometrium, we have profiled ectopic (8 samples) and eutopic endometrium (8 samples) from several affected woman in the proliferative phase. As control we used endometrium from normal health donors in the same phase (6 samples).
Project description:The objective of the study was to compare the transcriptome of the primary eutopic and ectopic endometrial stromal cells isolated from paired eutopic endometrium and peritoneal lesions from women with endometriosis (N = 5) exposed to normoxic (20% O2) or hypoxic (1% O2) conditions for 48 hours. Induced expression of TGFBI was found in ectopic cells and ectopic & eutopic cells exposed to hypoxia at both RNA and protein (secreted to the culture media) levels. TGFBI gene and protein expression ex vivo in euoptic endometrium of women with endometriosis and controls (women without endometriosis) was found to be increased in the proliferative phase of menstrual cycle compared to secretory phase.
Project description:Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder characterized by pain and infertility, where the lesions disseminate everywhere in the body with a preference for the pelvis. In that, it could be regarded as a âbenign metastatic diseaseâ, since its issue is not fatal. However, the molecular bases of this intriguing clinical condition are not well known. The objective of this study is to characterize the transcriptome differences between eutopic vs ectopic endometrium with a special interest in pathways involved in cancerogenesis. We performed two hybridizations in technical replicate on highly specific long oligonucleotides microarrays (NimbleGenâ¢), with cDNA prepared from 6-patients pools, where the same patient provided both eutopic and ectopic endometrium (endometriomas). In order to confirm the expression microarrays data, qRT-PCR validation was performed on 12 individuals for 20 genes. Over 8,000 transcripts were significantly modified (more than twice) in the lesions corresponding to 5,600 down- or up-regulated genes. These were clustered through DAVID Bioinformatics Resources into 55 functional groups. The data are presented in a detailed and visual way on 24 KEGG pathways implemented with induction ratios for each differentially expressed gene. An outstanding control of the cell cycle and a very specific modulation of the HOX genes were observed and provide some new evidence on why endometriosis only very rarely degenerates into cancer. The study constitutes a noteworthy update of gene profiling in endometriosis, by delivering the most complete and reliable list of dysregulated genes to date. Keywords: Gene expression microarrays We performed two hybridizations in technical replicate on highly specific long oligonucleotides microarrays (NimbleGenâ¢), with cDNA prepared from 6-patients pools, where the same patient provided both eutopic and ectopic endometrium (endometriomas)